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First-principles study of Ag-N dual-doped p-type ZnO

Li Wan-Jun Fang Liang Qin Guo-Ping Ruan Hai-Bo Kong Chun-Yang Zheng Ji Bian Ping Xu Qing Wu Fang

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First-principles study of Ag-N dual-doped p-type ZnO

Li Wan-Jun, Fang Liang, Qin Guo-Ping, Ruan Hai-Bo, Kong Chun-Yang, Zheng Ji, Bian Ping, Xu Qing, Wu Fang
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  • The formation energies and ionization energies of Ag-N dual-doped ZnO and interstitial N and H monodoped ZnO:(Ag,N) are investigated from the firstprinciples pseudo-potential approach based on density functional theory. It is found that AgZn-NO accepter pair has lower formation energy and ionization energy than Ag-N related to acceptor clusters, which demonstrates that the p-type conductivity of Ag-N dual-doped ZnO system is mainly attributed to the formation of the accepter pairs. Moreover, when ZnO:(Ag,N) system has additional N atoms in some interstitial sites of ZnO crystal, interstitial N atom and AgZn-NO accepter pair prefer to bind together to form AgZn-(N2)O donor complex which lowers doping efficiency, which is not conducive to p-type conductivity. For H doping in the ZnO:(Ag,N) system, the interstitial H atoms also prefer to bind to the AgZn-NO accepter pair, forming acceptor-donor-acceptor (AgZn-H#em/em#-NO) triplet, which not only enhances the incorporation of acceptors (AgZn-NO) but also gives rise to a shallower acceptor level in the band gap in p-type ZnO crystal. Thus, it is suggested that H-assisted Ag-N codoping is an effective method of p-type doping in ZnO.
    • Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11075314, 5094202, 111247316, 11247317) and the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing City, China (Grant Nos. 2011BA4031, 2013jjB0023).
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    [2]

    Tang Z K, Wong G K L, Yu P, Kawasaki M, Ohtomo A, Koinuma, Segawa Y 1998 Appl. Phys. Lett. 72 3270

    [3]

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    [4]

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    [5]

    Lu J G, Zhang Y Z, Ye Z Z, Zhu L P, Wang L, Zhao B H 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 222114

    [6]

    Zhang Y Z, Lu J G, Ye Z Z, He H P, Chen L L, Zhao B H 2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 046103

    [7]

    Zhang B Y, Yao B, Li Y F, Zhang Z Z, Li B H, Shan C X, Zhao D X, Shen D Z 2010 Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 222101

    [8]

    Gai Y Q, Tang G, Li J B 2011 J. Phys. Chem. Solids 72 725

    [9]

    Tang X, Cheng X F, Wagner D, Lu H F, Zhang Q Y 2011 J. Appl. Phys. 110 013711

    [10]

    Liu J S, Shan C X, Shen H, Li B H, Zhang Z Z, Liu L, Zhang L G, Shen D Z 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 101 011106

    [11]

    Kobayashi A, Sankey O F, Dow J D 1983 Phys. Rev. B 28 946

    [12]

    Park C H, Zhang S B, Wei S 2002 Phys. Rev. B 66 073202

    [13]

    Yan Y F, Al-Jassim M M, Wei S H 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 181912

    [14]

    Li Y L, Zhao X, Fan W L 2011 J. Phys. Chem. C 115 3552

    [15]

    Wang B, Zhao Y, Min J H, Sang W B 2009 Appl. Phys. A 94 715

    [16]

    Duan L, Zhang W X, Yu X C, Jiang Z Q, Luan L J, Chen Y N, Li D L 2012 Appl. Surf. Sci. 258 10064

    [17]

    Duan L, Zhang W X, Yu X C, Wang P, Jiang Z Q, Luan L J, Chen Y N, Li D L 2013 Solid State Commun. 157 45

    [18]

    Yan Z, Ma Y P, Deng P R, Yu Z S, Liu C, Song Z T 2010 Appl. Surf. Sci. 256 2289

    [19]

    Li W J, Kong C Y, Qin G P, Ruan H B, Yang T Y, Meng X D, Zhao Y H, Liang W W, Fang L 2012 Sci. Sin. -Phys. Mech. Astrom. 42 819 (in Chinese) [李万俊, 孔春阳, 秦国平, 阮海波, 杨天勇, 孟祥丹, 赵永红, 梁薇薇, 方亮 2012 中国科学 物理学 力学 天文学 42 819]

    [20]

    van de Walle C G 2000 Phys. Pev. Lett. 85 1012

    [21]

    Wu Y Y, Zou C W, Xu P S 2006 Acta Phys. Sin. 55 5466 (in Chinese) [武煜宇, 邹崇文, 徐彭寿 2006 物理学报 55 5466]

    [22]

    Yang Y T, Wu J, Cai Y R, Ding R X, Song J X, Shi L C 2008 Acta Phys. Sin. 57 7151 (in Chinese) [杨银堂, 武军, 蔡玉荣, 丁瑞雪, 宋久旭, 石立春 2008 物理学报 57 7151]

    [23]

    Kresse G, Furthmller J 1996 Phys. Rev. B 54 11169

    [24]

    Zhang S B, Northrup J E 1991 Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 2339

    [25]

    Liu B, Gu M, Liu X L, Huang S M, Ni C 2010 Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 122101

    [26]

    Lide D R 2007-2008 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (88th Ed.) (Boca Raton: CRC Press)

    [27]

    Huang D, Zhao Y J, Chen D H, Shao Y Z 2008 Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 182509

    [28]

    Volnianska O, Boguslawski P, Kaczkowski J, Jakubas P, Jezierski A, Kaminska E 2009 Phys. Rev. B 80 245212

    [29]

    van Schilfgaarde M, Mryasov O N 2001 Phys. Rev. B 63 233205

    [30]

    Furthmller J, Hachenberg F, Schleife A, Rogers D, Hosseini Teherani F, Bechstedt F 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 022107

    [31]

    Janotti A, van de Walle C G 2007 Phys. Rev. B 76 165202

    [32]

    Li W J, Kong C Y, Ruan H B, Qin G P, Huang G J, Yang T Y, Liang W W, Zhao Y H, Meng X D, Yu P, Cui Y T, Fang L 2012 Solid State Commun. 152 147

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    Yamamoto T, Katayama-Yoshida H 1999 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38 L166

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  • Received Date:  07 April 2013
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